| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Funerals : where we have been and where we are going -- 2. More treasured than words : the anchor of Significant symbols -- 3. Getting everybody together : the anchor of Gathered community -- 4. Walk out what you can't talk out : the anchor of Ritual action -- 5. Looking back to look forward : the anchor of Cultural heritage -- 6. Taking the dead to the party : the anchor of the Body's presence -- 7. North American quests to personalize funeral rituals -- 8. The business of funerals -- 9. Clinical perspectives on the value of funerals -- 10. Farther down the road : using ritual in grief counseling |
| Summary |
Do Funerals Matter? is a creative interweaving of historical, sociocultural, and research-based perspectives on death rituals, drawing from myriad sources to create a picture of what death rituals have been; and where, especially in the Western world, they are going. Death educators, researchers, counselors, clergy, funeral-service professionals, and others will appreciate the book's theory- and research-based approach to the ways in which different cultural groups memorialize their dead. They will also find clear clinical and practical applications in the author's exploration of t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
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Burial.
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Human remains (Archaeology)
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Death -- Social aspects
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Group identity.
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funerals.
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group identity.
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Burial
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Death -- Social aspects
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Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Group identity
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Human remains (Archaeology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012036558 |
| ISBN |
0415662052 |
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9780415662055 |
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9781299280021 |
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1299280021 |
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9780203072745 |
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020307274X |
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9781135100827 |
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1135100829 |
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9781135100773 |
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1135100772 |
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9781135100810 |
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1135100810 |
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9780415662048 |
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0415662044 |
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